The U.S. Space Force is be the first new military service in more than 70 years, following the establishment of the U.S. Air Force in 1947. Related: Join the Space Force Space Force enlisted ranks Space Force officer ranks The Department of Defenseforwarded a Space Force proposal to Congr...
Gunmen opened fire Monday on a bus and other vehicles near a village in the occupied West Bank, killing three people and wounding seven, the Israeli military and emergency services said. ...more N Space Tech partners with ISRO to launch SwetchaSAT-V0 ...
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- SpaceX launched a new breed of GPS satellite for the United States Military on Sunday, marking the private space company's first contracted mission for the country's national security. A Falcon 9 rocket, carrying U.S. Air Force's first Global Positioning Sy...
The Pentagon has received a request to provide space at military installations to house the influx of migrant children on the southern border. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin earlier Tuesday signed an order directing Northern Command to support housing migrant children, and Pentagon spokesperson John ...
Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, meets with the representatives of space scientists and engineers who participated in the research and development of the Chang'e-6 lunar missio...
"This event is great for us. I’m from the space agency, we’re a civilian organisation, this is a military conference, but what this does is underscores the importance coming together – to work together" - Angus Stewart, UK Space agencyFEATURED...
for military purposes, Premier Wen Jiabao said the purpose of the mission was to conduct experiments “entirely for peaceful purposes.” The Chinese government also hopes to use the manned space program to inspire patriotism(爱国精神)and instill a curiosity in science and technology among Chinese ...
avoid crashing into "Starlink 44," one of the first 60 satellites in the megaconstellation. The agency took action after learning from the U.S. military that the probability of a collision was 1 in 1,000 — 10 times higher than ESA's threshold for conducting a collision-avoidance maneuver...
During most launches, the US military helps keep track of the weather. That’s true at NASA launch sites on the East Coast and West Coast. But SpaceX is launching from its own private spaceport on Texas’ southern tip. The company is still receiving some government weather support, but ...